Weekly Highlights: 09/16/2014

Constitution Day Resources

Each
year on September 17th, we celebrate the creation and signing
of the United States Constitution. An online search yields countless
possibilities for teaching about this remarkable document, but you need look no
further than three excellent blog posts from Teaching with the Library of
Congress:

This
post by Anne Savage describes and links to an interactive version of the
Constitution that enlivens the document for students. They can zoom in on
each page to view handwritten revisions, get a line-by-line transcription and
explore major ideas and themes.

Congress.gov is a relatively new tool
from the Library of Congress featured in this post by Stephen Wesson, rich with
ideas and resources for teaching students about the law-making process as
originally outlined in the Constitution and how it has evolved to the present
day.

James
Madisonís role in creating the Constitution is the focus of this blog
post by Danna Bell. It has links to lesson plans, activities and ideas
for teaching about his contributions to The Bill of Rights and The Federalist
Papers.